Morphine state-dependent learning sensitization and interaction with nitric oxide |
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Authors: | Zarrindast Mohammad-Reza Askari Elham Khalilzadeh Azita Nouraei Negin |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology and Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 13145-784 Tehran, Iran. zarinmr@ams.ac.ir |
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Abstract: | In the present study, the effects of nitric oxide (NO) precursor L-arginine and L-NAME, a potent inhibitor of NO synthase (NOS), on the expression of sensitization of morphine were investigated. Pre-training administration of morphine (5 mg/kg) impaired memory retrieval compared to pre-training saline-treated animals. Amnesia due to pre-training morphine (5 mg/kg) was restored by pre-test morphine (5 mg/kg).The retrieval impairment was also inhibited in mice which had received once-daily injections of morphine (20 and 30 mg/kg, s.c.) for 3 days, followed by 5 days of no drug treatment before training (in order to induce morphine sensitization). Administration of L-arginine (60 mg/kg/day - 3 days) or L-NAME (20 mg/kg/day - 3 days) before training did not alter morphine state dependency. During acquisition of sensitization, administration of L-arginine (60 mg/kg) 20 min before morphine (10 mg/kg/day, for 3 days) increased, while injection of L-NAME (20 mg/kg) 20 min before morphine (30 mg/kg/day, for 3 days) decreased morphine state dependency. It is concluded that NO is involved in the morphine-induced sensitization. |
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